The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1902
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
5:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.92° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.96° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.